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The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis / Jeremy Rifkin.
- Title
- The empathic civilization : the race to global consciousness in a world in crisis / Jeremy Rifkin.
- Author
- Rifkin, Jeremy.
- Publication
- New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, ©2009.
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- Description
- x, 674 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Bestselling social critic Jeremy Rifkin shows that the disconnection between our vision for the world and our ability to realize that vision lies in the current state of human consciousness.
- Subject
- 2000-2099
- Empathy
- Conduct of life
- Civilization, Modern > 21st century > Forecasting
- Twenty-first century > Forecasts
- Social prediction
- Nurturing behavior
- Empathy
- Empathie
- Morale pratique
- Civilisation > 21e siècle > Prévision
- Vingt et unième siècle > Prévisions
- Prévision sociale
- empathy
- ethics (philosophical concept)
- 15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general
- Civilisations
- Histoire
- Valeurs sociales
- Humanisme
- Changement social
- Aspects psychologiques
- Mondialisation
- Dégradation de l'environnement
- Environnement humain
- Prévisions
- Nurturing behavior
- Civilization, Modern > Forecasting
- Conduct of life
- Social prediction
- Twenty-first century
- Zivilisation
- Einfühlung
- Globalisierung
- Geschichtsbewusstsein
- Cultuurgeschiedenis
- Einfühlung
- Zivilisation
- Zukunft
- Civilization, Modern > Forecasting > 21st century
- Twenty-first century > Forecasts
- Genre/Form
- Forecasts
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-656) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The hidden paradox of human history -- The new view of human nature -- A sentient interpretation of biological evolution -- Becoming human -- Rethinking the meaning of the human journey -- The ancient theological brain and patriarchal economy -- Cosmopolitan Rome and the rise of urban Christianity -- The soft industrial revolution of the late medieval era and the birth of humanism -- Ideological thinking in a modern market economy -- Psychological consciousness in a postmodern existential world -- The climb to global peak empathy -- The planetary entropic abyss -- The emerging era of distributed capitalism -- The theatrical self in an improvisational society -- Biosphere consciousness in a climax economy.
- ISBN
- 9781585427659
- 1585427659
- LCCN
- 2009036616
- OCLC
- 426803865
- SCSB-10480020
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library